INMET Keeps Heavy-Rain Alerts in Effect Across Brazil Through Friday

Overview

• The national warning spans Dec 4 at 9:15 a.m. to Dec 5 at 10 a.m., with red, orange and yellow levels signaling escalating danger across parts of the Center-West, Southeast, North and Northeast.
• In the Southeast, showers persist in Rio de Janeiro as Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo enter a red alert window Friday morning under the South Atlantic Convergence Zone.
• Southern Bahia includes municipalities under red alert for daily totals above 100 mm, while 158 cities are under orange and 229 under yellow advisories, prompting local safety notices from city halls.
• Tocantins is covered nearly statewide by an orange alert forecasting up to 100 mm of rain and winds of 60–100 km/h, with a yellow notice over the Bico do Papagaio.
• Authorities flag risks of flooding, river overflows, landslides, fallen trees, lightning, power outages and possible hail in parts of Bahia, and they urge residents to avoid flooded areas, unplug electronics and seek guidance from Defesa Civil (199) or Bombeiros (193).